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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: 608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233
Last updated:
April 2, 2013
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Degree Programs: Public Affairs Courses and Syllabi
Courses outside public affairs recommended by La Follette School students
PA 548 Economics of Health Care
PA 765 Issues in Educational Policy Analysis
PA 795 Economics of Education: fall 2011
PA 800 Professional Development Workshop (Fall)
PA 809 Introduction to Energy Analysis and Policy (Fall)
PA 810 Energy Analysis Seminar (no syllabus available for this capstone project seminar) (Spring)
PA 818 Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis: Fall 2012 syllabus
PA 819 Advanced Quantitative Methods for Public Policy (Spring)
PA 820 Community Economic Analysis
PA 827 Administrative Internship
PA 830 Financing Elementary and Secondary Education
PA 850 International Governance (Fall)
PA 853 Public Policy Implications of Aging Societies
PA 854 Macroeconomic Policy and International Financial Regulation (Spring)
PA 855 Governing Work and Welfare in the European Union
PA 856 Trade, Competition, and Governance in a Global Economy
PA 857 Political Economy of Corruption and Good Governance
PA 859 Globalization, Technological Change, and Regulatory Harmonization
PA 860 Workshop in International Public Affairs (workshop reports from previous years) (Spring)
PA 864 Health Policy and Policy Design
PA 866 Global Environmental Governance (Spring)
PA 867 Government Finance in Developing Countries (Spring)
PA 869
Workshop in Public Affairs
(workshop reports from
previous years) (Spring)
PA 871 Public Program Evaluation (Fall)
PA 873 Introduction to Policy Analysis (Fall, Spring): Weimer section, Kamata section, Wallace section
PA 874 The Policymaking Process (Spring)
PA 875 Public Personnel Administration (Fall)
PA 878 Introduction to Public Management (Fall, Spring)
PA 880 Microeconomic Policy Analysis (Fall)
PA 881 Cost-Benefit Analysis (Fall)
PA 882 Social Welfare Policy and Management
PA 883 Politics of Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy
PA 885 Advanced Public Management (Fall)
PA 887 Non-Profit Leadership (Spring)
PA 888 Comparative and National Social Policy
PA 890 Federal Budget and Tax Policy and Administration
PA 891 State and Local Government Finance (Fall)
PA 958 Seminar - Research in Public Affairs
PA 974 Topics in Public Affairs
- Education Policy and Reform: spring 2013, fall 2011, spring 2009
- International Development Policy: spring 2013, spring 2012
- Monetary and Financial Policy in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: fall 2012
- Comparative Family Policy: fall 2012
- Qualitative Methods for Social Science Research: fall 2012, spring 2008
- Quantitative Methods for Social Science Research: spring 2012
- Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations: spring 2012
- Applied Theory Seminar: Caregiving: spring 2012
- Social Welfare Reform in Latin America: spring 2011
- Financing Government in an Era of Growing Deficits: spring 2011
- Science and Public Policy: spring 2011, spring 2010, spring 2009
- Monetary Policy and Financial Regulation in a Globalized Economy, fall 2010
- Economic Theory Applied to Social Problems, spring 2010
- Comparative Family Policy
- Health and Health Policy
- Global Financial Governance, fall 2009
- Neuroscience
- Regional Integration and International Governance, spring 2009
- Social Policy Analysis: Health, Education, and Welfare, spring 2009
- Policy Responses to the Great Recession: fall 2009
Courses Outside Public Affairs
La Follette School students have recommended these courses.
Agricultural and Applied Economics
- AAE 375 Special Topics
- AAE 567 Public Finance in Less Developed Countries
Business
- BUS 300 Marketing Communications
- BUS 722 Entrepreneurial Management
- BUS 731 Management Consulting
Economics
- Econ 432 Episodes in Macroeconomic History
- Econ 462 Latin American Economic Development
- Econ 464 International Trade and Finance
- Econ 665 International Trade Policy
- Econ 671 Energy Economics
- Economics 845: Advanced Topics in Public Finance: fall 2012
- Econ 845: New Research in Health and Mental Health Economics: Children, Health Care Policy towards Children and Related Topics: fall 2008
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
- ELPA 881 Ideas of the University: Images of Higher Learning for the 21st Century
- ELPA 845 School Principalship
Educational Policy Studies
- Ed Pol 505 Issues in Urban Education
- Ed Pol 765 Issues in Educational Policy Analysis: fall 2012
- Ed Pol 830 Financing Elementary and Secondary Education
Environmental Studies
- Envir St 810 Energy Analysis Seminar
- Envir St 513 Environment and Health in Global Perspective
- Envir St 900 Seminar: Evidence of Global Energy Governance Mechanisms
Finance and Investment Banking
- Finance 700 Introduction to Financial Management
- Finance 720 Investment Theory and Practice
- Finance 725 Corporate Finance Theory and Practice
Geography
- GEOG 377 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Human Development and Family Studies
- HDFS 766 Current Issues in Family Living
Human Ecology
- Parent 650 Education and Support Programs
Law
- Law 726 Introduction to Substantive Criminal Law
- Law 744 Administrative Law
- Law 746 Legislation
- Law 848 Environmental Law and Institutions
- Law 854 Clinical Program: Prosecution Project
- Law 858 Collective Bargaining: The Arbitration Process
- Law 931 Poverty Law and Social Welfare Law
- Law 940 Children, Law and Society
- Law 951 Selected Problems in Poverty Law Seminar
Library and Information Studies
- LIS 855 International Cyberlaw and Policy
Political Science
- Poli Sci 317 Politics of Human Rights
- Poli Sci 445 Politics of Poverty and Social Welfare
- Poli Sci 551 Introduction to Statistical Inference for Political Research
- Poli Sci 552 Multivariable Statistical Inference for Political Research
- Poli Sci 660 African Politics
- Poli Sci 840 Political Economy
- Poli Sci 861 Challenges of Democratization
- Poli Sci 879 Political Communications
Population Health Sciences
- Pop Hlth 548 Economics of Health Care
Rural Sociology
- Rur Soc 612 Agriculture, Technology, and Society
Social Work
- Social Work 944 -Social Welfare Policy, spring 2007
Sociology
- Soc 532 Health Care for Individuals, Families and Society
- Soc 624 Political Sociology
- Soc 630 Sociology of Developing Societies/Third World
- Soc 641 Sociology of Law
Transportation and Public Utilities
- Trans PU 725 Public Utilities
Urban and Regional Planning
- URPL 420 Urban and Regional Economics
- URPL 520 Community Economic Analysis
- URPL 617 Community Development
- URPL 734 Regional Economic Problem Analysis
- URPL 742 International Development Planning Theory
- URPL 751 Introduction to Financial Planning
- URPL 834 Land Use Policy and Planning
- URPL 917 Public Participation for Planning and Policy Making
- URPL 969 SeminarTrends and Issues in Public Planning